DAYS 1 -5

May 8th.
Well this is my first ever blog and i don't really know where to start!
I started the Lighter Life program 6 days ago and before I started it I read a few blogs which i found really helpful and inspiring so I though I'd start my own blog, not only to help others but to mainly help my self and give me something to look back on and keep me going. I did plan on starting my blog on day 1 but haven't gotten round to it till now so I'll fill you in now about the last few days.

There are 4 other women in my group at the moment but I'm sure more will join over the next 2 weeks. My counselor Heather is Lovely, she made me feel so comfortable and I left my first meeting raring to go!! On your first meeting you choose your food packs for the week, watch a DVD, get your photo taken and most importantly you get weighed and measured. Not sure if I want to see this in writing but my measurements were...

Bust: 48inches
Waist: 43inches
Hips: 53inches

I was so shocked and I suppose a little embarrassed, but that was nothing compared to being weighed. I weighted a whopping 16st6lbs!!! All I could think was how the hell have I got to this! I'm not going to dwell on it though I've started LL now I can only move forward and down.

Day 1 I was really motivated, I had work and I start at 7am so I took a Strawberry shake and a Veg soup, oh and of course a lot of water. The Strawberry shake wasn't as nice as I had expected but palatable. The veg soup wasn't as nice as I had expected either I had to drink it really fast. That night I felt really ill.. tiered, headaches, and a little sick. I had 1/2 a banana shake which wasn't to bad but was quite strong tasting. Over the next 2 days I continued to feel really ill and had numerous trips to the loo due to the amount of water I'm drinking, drinking the 4litres of water is actually much easier than I imagined and Ive done it every day except the the first 2 when I was really ill.

The food packs aren't as bad as I had thought they would be, I'm a bit disappointed with the soups i don't like any of them, i didn't even manage to keep the Chicken down and struggled with the Veg, Thai chili and Mushroom. The shakes on the other hand are quite nice. The Raspberry, Vanilla and Chocolate are my faves.

Its the end of day 5 now and I'm feeling much better, still getting some dull headaches but not feeling sick anymore. Went for my mid week pop in this evening to change my food packs you can also get weighted if you need some motivation or a bit of a boost. I had said all week that I wasn't going to get weighted until Thursday (my official weigh in and meeting) but i was finding it difficult today so I decided to step on the scales and boy was I pleased with what I saw, I've already lost 8lb this week!!! Its amazing I cant wait until my meeting to see what my final weight loss for the week is!